This release presents the first books of both the Preludes and the Images, works in which Debussy found his mature piano style, full of unheard...continue...
Recording information: Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, Italy (11/30/2015-12/02/2015)....continue...

Pianist Klara Wurtz has an impressive oeuvre of recordings, with over 35 CDs to her name. For this new release, her fourth with Piano Classics,...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (02/05/2016/02/06/2016)....continue...

Klára Würtz releases her fourth album for Piano Classics, performing music by Janácek and Kódaly, music closely related to the landscape, folklore and soul in...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church Schiedam, the Netherlands (10/15/2015/02/06/2016)....continue...

This new recording contains the four grand piano sonatas by Carl Maria von Weber. Written in the early 19th century these works mark the transition...continue...
Recording information: Studio I Musicanti, Rome (10/2015)....continue...

The second instalment of the complete Piano Works by Earl Wild! Earl Wild (1915-2010) was without doubt one of the greatest pianists of the 20th...continue...
Recording information: Genova (10/12/2015/10/13/2015)....continue...

Typically composed for a keyboard instrument, a Toccata usually features quickly-moving virtuosic passages, demonstrating the deftness of the performer's fingers. In the time of Bach,...continue...
Recording information: Saletta Acustica "Eric James" Bassano del Grappa, Italy (08/13/2015-08/14/2015)....continue...

Zlata about her new album: "For my third album for Piano Classics I chose the complete Etudes-tableaux by Rachmaninoff, music close to my heart. I...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam, Netherlands (09/04/2015-09/05/2015)....continue...

Works: Abdiel Vázquez: Rhapsody on Themes from "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," for piano (based on works by Franz Liszt,; Carl Tausig: Paraphrase for piano of Siegmund's love song from Wagner'...
Performers:
Vazquez, Abdiel

These rarely heard piano transcriptions of Wagner and Verdi operas share a common theme: Love and Death, the two most important themes of opera, as...continue...
Recording information: Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York (02/2014)....continue...

The composer and pianist Nikolai Kapustin has criss-crossed the territories of classical and jazz throughout his long career. The Korean pianist Sun Hee You presents...continue...
Recording information: Studio I Musicanti, Rome (01/2015)....continue...

While Leopold Godowsky may be lesser known today, in his lifetime he was considered one of the great pianists and is arguably most famous for...continue...
Recording information: Marco Barletta Laboratory in Chiavari (03/06/2015-03/08/2015)....continue...

This new recording contains a representative selection of piano works by the Argentinean composer Alberto Ginastera (1916-83). His piano works brim with passion: brutal, sensual,...continue...
Recording information: Westvest 90 Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (02/17/2015)....continue...

The works on this disc span the whole life of the composer. The Handel Variations brim with energy, pianistic brilliance and youthful pathos, the two...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (09/09/2014/09/10/2014)....continue...

The second album in Yuan Sheng's complete survey of Bach's keyboard works bring together two major masterpieces, the much loved Italian Concerto and the substantial...continue...
Recording information: Beijing Concert Hall, China (02/17/2014)....continue...

This new recording brings together three pianistic masterpieces which share a stylistic unity: Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy is based on a single motive, which is transformed...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam The Netherlands (09/09/2014/09/10/2014)....continue...

Vincenzo Maltempo continues to establish himself not only as an Alkan champion with his fifth Alkan CD but also as a pianist of extraordinary power,...continue...
Recording information: Atelier Marco Barletta, Chiavari, Italy (09/02/2014-09/03/2014)....continue...

The music of Sergei Rachmaninoff is close to the heart of Anna Fedorova. The young Ukrainian-born pianist, still in her twenties, boasts an already impressive...continue...
Recording information: Herford, Germany (06/20/2014/06/21/2014); Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (06/20/2014/06/21/2014); Herford, Germany (10/31/2014); Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Nethe...continue...

A unique collection of American romantic piano music, written largely in the last third of the 19th century, by Foote, Whiting, Paine, Chadwick and Nevin....continue...
Recording information: St. John's Episcopal Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts (07/07/2013-07/09/2013)....continue...

This new Liszt recording presents a generous selection of the transcriptions that Franz Liszt made of orchestral works by Wagner. Liszt, an ardent and devoted...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (04/25/2014/04/26/2014)....continue...

This new recording features two lesser known pianistic masterworks by the young Schumann: the F minor Piano Sonata, also know as “Concerto without orchestra” in...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (04/24/2014)....continue...

Pianist Klára Würtz has a special affinity for Schubert. The musical world of dark and light, from innocence and bliss to utter despair, finds a...continue...
Recording information: Westvest Church, Schiedam, Netherlands (02/25/2014)....continue...

Earl Wild (1915-2010) was without doubt one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. His immense repertoire, his staggering virtuosity, his warmth and his...continue...
Recording information: Genova (10/07/2013-10/09/2013)....continue...

When acclaimed pianist Hiroko Sasaki was looking for an instrument to record the Debussy Preludes on, she happened to spot a strange looking instrument, which...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (2010-10-29_2010-10-30&2010-)....continue...

This CD (80 minutes!) contains the complete works for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Substantial and impressive works, these are expertly and originally written in...continue...
Recording information: Svetlanov Hall, Moscow (2001)....continue...

In these two works Schumann presents his inner world of characters from the fictitious Davidsbund based on the novels of Jean-Paul, featuring such diverse personalities...continue...
Recording information: Hans Rosbaud Studio, Baden Baden, Germany (04/2010)....continue...

This set of Ravel's piano solo works is the most complete up to date, as it contains both Ravel's transcription of La Valse, and the...continue...
Recording information: CIT Cork School of Music, Ireland (02/13/2012-02/18/2012)....continue...

This well-filled CD contains the complete transcriptions for piano that Rachmaninoff made of compositions of various composers. Ranging from Bach through Rachmaninoff's own works in...continue...
Recording information: Moscow Conservatory (1995)....continue...

This marks the CD premiere of the piano transcription of the Franck violin sonata by Alfred Cortot - with new pianistic textures giving a special...continue...
Recording information: I Musicanti Studio, Rome, Italy (10/2012)....continue...

Works: Galina Ustvolskaya: Sonata for Piano no 1; Sonata for Piano no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3; Sonata for Piano no 4; Sonata for Piano no 5; Sonata for Piano no 6; Preludes (12) for piano
Performers:
Sokolov, Ivan

Galina Ustvolskaya was Shostakovich's favorite pupil, to whom he is known to have said, "You are a phenomenon, while I am but a talent." Ustvolskaya's...continue...
Recording information: Moscow Radio Recording Studios, Moscow, Russia (10/1995)....continue...

Chopin is quoted as having said, "When I feel in good form and strong enough to find my own individual sound, then I need a...continue...
Recording information: Ashburnham Comunity Church, Ashburnham, Massachusetts,....continue...